Hope we don't scare you off. I imagine it can be overwhelming at times, especially when you get massively outnumbered.

I'd limit discussions as you have been doing to only a few people. It's unrealistic for everyone here to expect a prompt answer from you when such a wide array of topics are being discussed. I'm sure it must take allot of your time.

Quick... it's a theist.... stacks on Mojch!

“Forget Jesus, the stars died so you could be born.” - Lawrence M. Krauss

(23-05-2013 06:49 PM)Mojch Wrote: 1. What common phrases or statements made by theists offend you?
2. Why?
3. Is there an alternative method of phrasing you would suggest that might express the same concept but not be offensive to you? If not, why not?

"Design". It isn't necessarily offensive, but a poor choice of wording because it's so ill-defined. It is commonly used in arguments about an Intelligent Designer, such as in "things with design require a designer", but used this way it's merely begging the question ("design is the product of a designer).

Also (although I doubt you'd personally fall into this trap) "kind", as in "Noah led 2 of each kind of animal onto the ark". There are good reasons why Christians don't want to specifically define "kind" here because any description either defies the possibility of The Ark or requires an acknowledgement of the truth of evolution (a further discussion pending if you don't know why and would care to know).

I personally don't have a problem with the phrase "gay worldview" except if it is used to stereotype gays, as in "all gays see the world this way"... that commits the fallacy of a hasty generalization. You ought to always be careful not to think something is true of an entire group unless it's true by definition.

My girlfriend is mad at me. Perhaps I shouldn't have tried cooking a stick in her non-stick pan.

Since we can't all be covered with one answer, this is a tough one to try to answer.

Dive in, many here will let you know in a hurry if you offend them.

Lots of not bashful people here.

Nice that you are even thinking about it though...the assumption by some theists that EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE is also a theist (of the same flavor) seems to bug a lot of people here. I think you will find that like any group, different people are sensitive to different things.

Nothing about being gay logically makes a connection to what the world is like. Maybe its fabulous?

Anyways I laughed really hard, because of the absurdity of saying such a thing.

Yea - I wasn't really offended, either - the first thing I thought though was, "Oh boy, he's one of those". I guess it disturbs me how an off the cuff generalization easily perpetuates another knee-jerk generalization. That's what makes for a sad world.

Simple awareness is always good and I think people can sometimes do with a friendly reminder. I don't think I was all that mean about it; at least I hope not. Besides, it's not often I get a chance to reference To Kill a Mockingbird while talking to a lawyer.

A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein

Nothing about being gay logically makes a connection to what the world is like. Maybe its fabulous?

Anyways I laughed really hard, because of the absurdity of saying such a thing.

Yea - I wasn't really offended, either - the first thing I thought though was, "Oh boy, he's one of those". I guess it disturbs me how an off the cuff generalization easily perpetuates another knee-jerk generalization. That's what makes for a sad world.

Simple awareness is always good and I think people can sometimes do with a friendly reminder. I don't think I was all that mean about it; at least I hope not. Besides, it's not often I get a chance to reference To Kill a Mockingbird while talking to a lawyer.

Hell, it's not often that I get to reference anything other than a plea bargain when talking to a lawyer....

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. - Chinese Proverb